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Cassie discovers that her stepfather, Rick, a teen psychiatrist, has been illegally prescribing a new behavioral drug to his patients—and three teens have died. Before she can report him, Rick commits Cassie to Peaceful Cove, a boot camp for troubled teens in Mexico. Cassie knows she has to get out now, before more teens die. But no one has ever escaped from Peaceful Cove alive...(展开全部)

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Cassie discovers that her stepfather, Rick, a teen psychiatrist, has been illegally prescribing a new behavioral drug to his patients—and three teens have died. Before she can report him, Rick commits Cassie to Peaceful Cove, a boot camp for troubled teens in Mexico. Cassie knows she has to get out now, before more teens die. But no one has ever escaped from Peaceful Cove alive...(展开全部)

For Alain Badiou, films think, and it is the task of the philosopher to transcribe that thinking. What is the subject to which the film gives expressive form? This is the question that lies at the heart of Badiou's account of cinema. He contends that cinema is an art form that bears witness to the Other and renders human presence visible, thus testifying to the universal value ...(展开全部)

For Alain Badiou, films think, and it is the task of the philosopher to transcribe that thinking. What is the subject to which the film gives expressive form? This is the question that lies at the heart of Badiou's account of cinema. He contends that cinema is an art form that bears witness to the Other and renders human presence visible, thus testifying to the universal value ...(展开全部)

理查德·罗德，美国公民，在德国生活和工作已达20多年。在波斯顿大学获英语语言硕士后，曾做过电影和戏剧批评方面的自由撰稿人，并担任有关饮食杂志的副主编。他在戏剧创作、表演及导演领域造诣颇深，不少剧本及德国的专业舞台。曾经在大学任教，近年来在德国电气公司教授商务及技术英语，在德意志联邦银行教授金融英语。目前在新加坡工作，不仅是作家、编辑，还是表演者。

理查德·罗德，美国公民，在德国生活和工作已达20多年。在波斯顿大学获英语语言硕士后，曾做过电影和戏剧批评方面的自由撰稿人，并担任有关饮食杂志的副主编。他在戏剧创作、表演及导演领域造诣颇深，不少剧本及德国的专业舞台。曾经在大学任教，近年来在德国电气公司教授商务及技术英语，在德意志联邦银行教授金融英语。目前在新加坡工作，不仅是作家、编辑，还是表演者。

A fascinating report on the astounding economic and political ramifications we face as the majority of the world’s population grows old—chosen by the National Chamber Foundation of the US Chamber of Commerce as one of the top ten books every business and government leader should read. Today’s world is rapidly aging—by the year 2030, one billion people will be sixty-five or old...(展开全部)

Gilles Deleuze has produced some of the most important -- and most formidable -- theory on cinema to appear in the last half-century. Deleuze on Cinema provides a thorough and reliable guide to Deleuze's thought on the art of film, elucidating in clear language the shape and thrust of Deleuze's arguments found in his influential books on cinema.